2024 AUCD Young Professional Award

 Received the 2024 AUCD Young Professional Award

My Research at Vanderbilt

https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/live/person/hari-srinivasan/

https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/live/about/people/

More specifically on my lab's research project

https://lab.vanderbilt.edu/live/2024/06/12/creation-of-immersive-cave-environment-for-sensory-testing-in-children/

 

VKC Science Day

 

Poster Presentation at VKC Science Day

https://vkc.vumc.org/multisensory/hari.html

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Science Day - Tuesday, October 15, 2025

2024 Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Science Day will take place Tuesday, Oct. 15, beginning at 11:30 a.m. at Vanderbilt University Student Life Center. Posters will be hung in the Commodore Ballroom from 10:00-11:30 a.m. with the program beginning at 11:30 a.m. in the Commodore Ballroom. Science Day festivities will include lunch, two poster sessions, a keynote, and a Data Blitz, closing with a wine/cheese reception. Find updates for Science Day at the VKC Science Day webpage here: https://vkc.vumc.org/vkc/scienceday/

The SfN experience

 Was at the Society for Neuroscience Conference from Oct 4-9. 

Largest neuroscience conference in the world with 22K attendees and 3K exhitors. A mix of overwhelm and awe. 

2 poster sessions navigated - a 2 hr long one during the Early Career Session linked to my TPDA award and another 4hr one under Cross Modal Processing in Humans Session

 

NSF GRFP New Fellows Welcome Event

"Keep making excellence a Priority" 

APS Poster Acceptance

From: psychologicalscience@confex.com <psychologicalscience@confex.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2024 4:36 PM

To: Srinivasan, Hari <hari.srinivasan@vanderbilt.edu>
Subject: Your APS Submission Notification - Virtual Summit

Dear Hari,

Congratulations! I am pleased to inform you that your poster submission, "Navigating the Near: VR Investigations of Peripersonal Space in Autism", has been accepted for presentation at the 2024 APS Global Psychological Science Summit, October 23-24, 2024. 

NSF Award Reception.

NSF GRFP Award recipients get a welcome reception. 

Two PD Soros Fellows @ NSF Grad Research Fellows Reception

Uncertainty

Not able to disengage from stress.
So much uncertainty.
What are the expectations of me?

Fractured Certainty

My mind’s like the uncertainty principle,

Thoughts race, no path is clear.
Anxiety spikes, I lose control,
In a world where nothing’s ever near.

Endless Strain

Grad school trials and endless strain,
Disability threads through each day,
I wait and wait to see what they want of me

Shrouded Weight

A veil of sorrow surrounds me.
What is the expectation of me?
Disability is a weight indeed.

Uncertain Fate

Will I be allowed to strive and thrive

Or always be left just barely alive?
Staying afloat, with hope so thin,
Struggling each day, just to survive within.

Overwhelmed

I feel overwhelmed today
Waves of doubt come crashing in.
Waiting on undefined academic expectations, I'm supposed to meet
Disability adds weight to my limbs,
And anxiety skyrockets within.

VICB Research Poster

Research Poster Presentation at the VICB Symposium (Aug2)

https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/vicb/2024-vicb-student-research-symposium/

organized by

 

Disheartened

I feel disheartened today
Can the sun's rays chase the gray?
Grad School challenges run deep.
Disability already a minefield

How do I handle this?

Qualifying Exams

Qual Exams

Testing under a spotlight
Qual committee faculty eyes
A ocean of neuroscience to dissect
Luck of the draw, may their queries be kind
May I excel in the knowledge they seek

Seeking E-I balance in my autism boat
GABA calm, steadying its float
Excitatory neurotransmitters of knowledge shine bright.
Balance, focus, 3 hours in sight.

Sensory systems, keep external distractions beat.
Stimming and anxiety, please take a backseat.
Motor systems must be well-oiled, ready to move.
All systems aligned, in perfect groove.


Internal systems, heed my call.
Cooperate and align, one and all.
On this day, let knowledge and calm prevail.
A positive outcome, I must entail.

Externally, pray
lots of positive energy flows my way.

Vanderbilt Brain Institute Travel Grant

 

I got awarded the Vanderbilt Brain Institute Travel Grant

Funds towards travel expenses for the SfN Conference in October

Congratulations, Hari, from the entire Frist Center Family. We are excited to see the results of your research!

https://www.vanderbilt.edu/autismandinnovation/2024/07/11/nise-fellow-hari-srinivasan-wins-research-award/

FCAI Neurodiversity Inspired Science and Engineering Fellow Hari Srinivasan has been awarded the 2024 Autistic and Neurodivergent Scholars Working for Equity in Research (ANSWER) Scholars Program Award for his project “Navigating the Near: Virtual Reality Investigations of Peripersonal Space in Autism.” Srinivasan will receive a $10,000 award next academic year to work toward this research.

Hari’s continued outstanding achievements never fail to impress us! Congratulations, Hari, from the entire Frist Center Family. We are excited to see the results of your research!

Poster at CAN 2024

 Yeah, I have another Poster Acceptance for the College Autism Network Summit 2024 in Oct. 

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From: College Autism Network
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 2:41 PM
To: Srinivasan, Hari
Subject: College Autism Summit Submission Accepted - Poster

Dear Poster Participant:

We are pleased to inform you that your College Autism Summit submission titled 'Navigating the Near: Virtual Reality Investigations of Peripersonal Space in Autism' has been accepted.

………..

Best,
Amy Radochonski and Cherie Fishbaugh, Program Co-Chairs

UCLA-AIRP Answer Scholars Award

 

Congratulations! On behalf of the Autistic and Neurodivergent Scholars Working for Equity in Research (ANSWER) of the AIR-P, we are pleased to inform you that your project... has been selected for the 2024 ANSWER Scholars Program for the project period September 1st, 2024 – August 31, 2025. Your application, achievements, and qualifications truly impressed our review committee.